Rourke will not partake in real-life wrestling

A SPOKESWOMAN for actor Mickey Rourke says he won’t be taking his latest film role as a professional wrestler into a real-life ring after all.

Paula Woods said Rourke will not wrestle WWE superstar Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 in April at Houston’s Reliant Stadium.

Woods wrote in an email that the Oscar-nominated actor “will not be participating in Wrestlemania. He is focusing entirely on his acting career”.